SSC CGL Exam Analysis 2020 (Tier 1): 3rd March 2020

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SSC CGL Examination Analysis 2020 for Tier-I Examination

SSC CGL Exam Analysis 2020: For the very first shift of the first day, SSC CGL 2020 (Tier 1) examination analysis has been provided. With the assistance of our experts and cooperation of our students, now we have been capable of providing you with the whole examination review. We will be covering the following points to provide you the full insight of SSC CGL Examination held on third March 2020 (1st Shift):

ParameterExplanation
Type of Questions(Topics / Chapter covered) This implies which a part of the syllabus was covered together with which questions were asked extra and how many of them were asked.
Level of examinationThis covers the difficulty level of the examination, that is, how easily the attempts were made by the appearing candidates.
Good attemptsThis refers to the most number of corrected answers marked by the candidates. This is the factor that can affect the cutoff the most.

SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam Pattern 2020

SSC CGL 2020 Tier-1 conducted tentatively from 2nd to 11th March 2020. The exam will be conducted online combination of 4 sections with about 100 questions in total and with maximum marks of 200. The entire exam is needed to be completed in a time span of 60 minutes.

The sections asked in SSC CGL Tier-I Exam are:


  • General Intelligence & Reasoning
  • General Awareness
  • Quantitative Aptitude
  • English Comprehension
Serial No.SectionsNo. of QuestionsTotal MarksTime Allotted
1General Intelligence and Reasoning2550A cumulative time of 60 minutes
2General Awareness2550
3Quantitative Aptitude2550
4English Comprehension2550
Total100200

A penalty of the Wrong Answer: There is a negative marking of 0.50 Marks for each wrong answer. There is no sectional cut off. No point will be deducted if the question is left blank or unattempted by a candidate.

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Ratio: 2 questions
  • Average: 1 question
  • Time & Work: 1 question
  • Simplification: 2 questions
  • Simple Interest: 1 question
  • profit and loss: 1 question
  • Geometry (Triangle): 1 question
  • Mensuration: 2 questions
  • Trigonometry: 2 questions
  • Percentage: 1 question

Question Asked:


Q) A, B, C can do the same work in 20, 15, 12 days respectively. A, B, C start working together for 3 days. In how man days the remaining work will be completed by A?

General Intelligence and Reasoning

  • Mirror Image:
  • Figure Completion:
  • Order and Ranking: 1 question
  • Distance and direction: 1 question
  • Analogy (1 number-based, 1 word-based): 2 questions
  • Non- verbal reasoning: 4-5 questions
  • Coding-Decoding:
  • Calendar-based questions (Basic level):
  • Syllogism: 1 question

English Comprehension

  • Sentence improvement: 2 questions
  • Error Detection: 2 questions
  • Sentence Arrangement: 2 questions
  • Active and Passive Voice: 2 questions
  • Synonym: 2 questions
  • Para jumbles: 2 questions
  • Antonyms: 2 questions
  • Idiom: 1 question
  • Cloze Test: 5 questions

Questions Asked:

Q1) Antonym of Exodus

Q2) Antonym of Quiescent

General Awareness

Questions Asked: 

Q1) Who is the present Chief Justice of India?

Q2) Who is the founder of the Gupta Dynasty?

Q3) Who is the writer of the book “Era of darkness”?

Q4) Who got the Padma Shri award in Archery?

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